At first, you have to decide between the type of the microphone: condenser or dynamic.
Generally, condenser microphones are more sensitive and record more of the room and thereby more color of your voice but are also more sensitive when it comes to general noise, esp. the clicking of your keyboard, mouse or controller. They are easier to drive than dynamic microphones and you can sit further away while still being recorded with enough loudness. They could be a choice when you use them in an acoustic treated room where echoes and modes are already handled or when you want to record/stream non-gaming content where your surroundings are quiet. Especially on the latter you should check out small diaphragm condenser microphones like the Okatava MK-012 which could be used out of screen and which even forgives bad room conditions. There are also so-called shotgun microphones, but their design makes them more suitable for treated rooms and outdoor use, as they cancel out the room reverberation necessary for the voice.
On the other hand, dynamic microphones which mostly come in a cardioid characteristic are less sensitive to bad room conditions and to noise as you need to speak more directly and within a short distance into them. They are also a bit harder to drive than condenser microphones. For the casual gaming streamer, who sits in an untreated room and wants to reduce all noise as much as possible, a dynamic microphone mostly is a better suit. Therefore the focus here lies on dynamic microphones.

Dynamic USB Microphones

Probably the best dynamic USB microphones for streaming (i.e. focusing on voice and speech including filtering of ambient noise) are currently the following, though each comes with a few drawbacks:

• Deity VO-7U

Has a very low self-noise, is plug & play (no special drivers/software), has some fancy RGB variants (which can be switched off completely) and already sounds quite pleasant when delivered. The gain control works in reverse and triggers a very good internal limiter from about 50 %. It handles plosives relatively well without a windscreen, but is more sensitive to sibilants.
The microphone arm that comes with the set is not much good and is quite wobbly. This arm is sufficient to start with, but should be replaced within a few months, since its table attachment is only glued to relatively thin plastic material on the inside and will simply break in the foreseeable future. The set with the arm is nevertheless worthwhile if you want to use the windscreen or do not yet own any microphone arm.
To adjust it reasonably to your own voice, you should use e.g. Equalizer APO with some VSTs (see below). I also recommend installing Volume² and TorkilsMicMuter so that you can turn off the mic via software (and thus no longer have an annoying red RGB light when it is deactivated). To handle the sibilants, you could use TDR Nova (e.g.) as De-Esser to attenuate the affected frequencies (see below where the vocal chain is explained).

• Rode X XDM-100

It is relatively heavy and large (especially with the shock mount, which is also necessary as a mount on a microphone arm), which means that a particularly resilient microphone arm is required here. The windscreen unfortunately takes some presence away from the voice, but hardly seems necessary.
You need the Rode X Unify software for this, which - similar to Elgato's Wave Link, Steelseries GG or VoiceMeeter (see below) - creates virtual audio tracks with which you can make various presettings for streaming. However, it is more important that you can/must also make your microphone settings here, since the microphone's own Aphex DSP chip can only be set via this software, with which you can get a lot out of the basic recording, which is good in itself. The software doesn't seem to be fully developed yet, but it runs more stable than it did a few months ago. Unfortunately, this software is only available for Windows.

• Shure MV7

The little brother of the infamous Shure SM7b which sounds a bit musty and is more suited to metal vocalists and instrument recordings than streamers, but is hyped for its elegant looks while in reality there are better options out there which are not as hard to drive.
The MV7 is also still a bit musty, unfortunately has micro USB (and no USB-C) and reacts very strongly to plosives, which can be dealt with using an alternative windscreen (for example, the Shure RK345). You can also set a limiter here, but it probably doesn't always work correctly or hardly does anything. In addition, some other integrated functions can be set via software similar to the Rode X XDM-100. A big plus is the already integrated XLR connector, which allows a later change to an interface. The bold logo, which constantly jumps into the camera, unfortunately leaves the aftertaste of a permanent commercial.

• Further notes and settings

There are of course even cheaper dynamic USB variants (FDUCE SL40, FiFine 688, Mackie EM-USB, t.bone MB 7 Beta USB, etc.), even some that are similarly priced (e.g. PreSonus PD-70, PreSonus Revelator Dynamic, Rode Podcaster, Samson Q9U, etc.) but they can't keep up with the above mentioned ones in USB operation, either because they have a higher noise floor or other problems. Nevertheless, it may be worthwhile to test whether these are better suited to one's own voice, location and handling and whether their tonal disadvantages can be compensated via equalizer adjustments and VSTs (see below).

Dynamic XLR Microphones

XLR microphones usually provide a better recording signal with less noise floor than USB microphones, provided they are suitably amplified. There are no "best" microphones per se, since personal preferences predominate here. However, the following should be singled out here, since you can achieve very good recording quality with these and, in combination with a relatively good entry-level interface (for about $ 150-300), stay under $ 500:

• Shure MV7X

See Shure MV7 above - is quasi identical, only without the USB functionalities. Requires about +55 dB gain.

• Rode Procaster

Similar to the Rode X XDM-100 above, i.e. also heavy and clunky. It is also a bit bass-heavy, but this can be remedied using an equalizer. Requires about +56 dB gain.

• SE DynaCaster DCM8

Already without software extraordinarily versatile adaptable, whereby it approaches the quality of various, partially twice as expensive competition microphones. It handles plosives very well indoors, even without a windscreen, which also makes it stand out visually. The position of the XLR connector might slightly interfere with some microphone arms. Requires about +58 dB of gain. However, you can activate the internal amplifier via 48V phantom power (must be supplied by the interface), which raises the level by +30 dB, but the recording quality suffers somewhat.

• Further notes and interfaces

Here, too, there are of course cheaper variants, whereby the combination of a Behringer Ultravoice XM8500 with the Behringer U-Phoria UMC202HD (delivers up to +51 dB gain) might be the cheapest entry-level combination with acceptable recording results. Also worth mentioning is the Elgato Wave DX, which comes quiet cheap in a set with interface, arm and XLR cable.
Also with the interfaces it depends clearly on the own requirements. For example, with the simple Elgato Wave XLR (provides up to +75 dB gain, of which +23 dB via software) you can use the Elgato Wave Link software, which also allows the integration of VST plug-ins in addition to virtual tracks (see below). The PreSonus Revelator io24 (delivers up to +60 dB gain), on the other hand, additionally offers DSP effects and loopback channels. Furthermore, you can also buy so-called streaming decks like the TC-Helicon GoXLR Mini (delivers up to +72 dB gain).
Attention should be paid here to the possible amplification (gain) and to the phantom power (48V) that may be necessary to be able to drive the selected XLR microphone. If the gain is not sufficient, there is also the possibility to connect additional PreAmp plugs in between (e.g. the TritonAudio FetHead).

Adjustments via equalizer and VST effects

• Equalizer APO

For Windows users, adjusting the EQ and adding VST effects systemwide for each audio device can be done via the free software Equalizer APO. It uses the "config.txt" file as entry point in which you can include other files where you have your device-specific settings (caution: they all should be in the same folder as the config.txt). Those files are simple text files which can also adjusted via Notepad. You can also write little batch scripts and easily switch between different settings by overwriting the config files. You can either use those scripts as desktop or task bar shortcuts by which you can apply keyboard shortcuts to them or bind them in your stream deck as command.
While you are able to add VST effects to your audio device within Equalizer APO, it has one downside setting those up as you are not able to see live frequency changes on your microphone within Equalizer APO as it adjusts the signal before it is routed to the Windows audio processing. The only thing you can see, are the adjustments to the general frequency band.

• Steelseries GG (part of Steelseries Sonar)

This little free software provides three additional virtual channels on which you can apply some EQ settings and route your audio for streaming. E.g. can it be used to set up two different audio sources for your live and VOD stream or to adjust the sound of a game (to enhance footsteps) or of your mates (e.g. in Discord). It is simple to understand and to set up but requires a registration.

• VoiceMeeter

This is an alternative to Steelseries GG as it provides multiple virtual channels and a more complex way of routing those channels from and to different input and output devices. Unfortunately, it is way more difficult to set up and a bit more confusing than Steelseries GG.

• Elgato Wave Link

This software is only useable with Elgato hardware like the Elgato Wave XLR. It unifies the functionality of Equalizer APO and Steelseries GG as it provides various additional virtual channels on which you can apply different EQ and VST effects on each of them. You can also directly set up plugins like "reafir" as you get a direct input signal from your microphone. It is also more easily to switch effects and to integrate it to your stream deck. Furthermore, you can set up different volume settings between your monitoring and stream channels.

• Others

Some USB microphones and many XLR interfaces like the above mentioned PreSonus Revelator io24 (and mostly more expensive interfaces) also have integrated DSP chips by which you can apply various EQ or even VST settings and could be an alternative if you are not happy with the software solutions or are not able to use them (e.g. when you are using a Mac).

Vocal Chain: How to set up your microphone

I highly recommend adjusting your microphone to your conditions (voice, room, recording location within the room, surroundings, etc.) as those are very different for each user. Thereby, you can enhance the recording quality of your microphone tremendously but keep in mind that every setting is optional and can be very different for your conditions.
I recommend using the following VST plugins:

• ReaPlugs VST FX Suite (http://reaper.fm/reaplugs/)
• Real-time Noise Suppression Plugin (https://github.com/werman/noise-suppression-for-voice)
• Tokio Dawn Labs TDR Nova (https://www.tokyodawn.net/tdr-nova/)
• George Yohng's W1 Limiter (http://www.yohng.com/software/w1limit.html)

When I mention the Q factor in the following sections I mean the corresponding setting for the EQ setting within Equalizer APO (e.g. peaking filter). By that the affected frequency range is meant. The lower the Q factor the broader the range and vice versa.
The vocal chain is generally set up as follows:

1. Noise filter

Remove the noise of the microphone/interface and permanent surround noises (e.g. fan noise, street noise, whatever).
This is the most complex one to set up but you only have to to this once, so be patient.
You need to record a "quiet" signal for about 10 seconds and save this as audio wave file. You can use Audacity for this. Of course, do not speak or breathe into the microphone while recording. Furthermore, cut the first and last 2 seconds of your recording in order to not have any mouse clicks in the final audio file. The purpose is to have a recording of only the microphone ground noise and permanent surrounding noises.
Then open OBS, add the recording as media file and loop it. Now you should see a low audio signal within OBS. Right click on the media file source, click on filter, add an audio filter, select "VST-2.x-Plugin", name it "test123", select the plugin "reafir_standalone", close the window and open the filter overview again to see the button "open plugin interface" on which you click.
You should now see the reafir window with a low frequency signal on the bottom left. Set the "Edit Mode" to "Precise", the "FFT Size" to "4096" and the "Mode" to "Subtract". Then activate "Automatically build noise profile" and wait around 30 to 60 seconds.
Reafir is now setting a frequency filter which corresponds the signal of the audio source (our recording). After you have waited, you can simply close OBS.
Now we need the result which is stored within the corresponding OBS file which is saved under:

• C:\Users\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\basic\scenes

Just open the newest .json file in Notepad and search for "test123" (this was the name we gave the plugin within OBS). A bit after the result comes the chunk data of this plugin which contains the filter value that has been generated. This is a very long cryptic string which goes over several lines. We need the whole value within the quotation marks. Copy it to a new file named "ground noise" or something and save it to your desktop.
Now we need to apply this generated value to our real filter.
For Equalizer APO:

• add the reafir VST plugin and close Equalizer APO
• open the corresponding config file (within C:\Program Files\EqualizerAPO\config) with Notepad and find the following line: VSTPlugin: Library "C:\Program Files\VSTPlugins\ReaPlugs\reafir_standalone.dll" ChunkData ...
• paste the content of your "ground noise" file within the quotation marks after "ChunkData"
• save the file

For Elgato Wave Link

• add the reafir VST plugin
• the content of your "ground noise" file should then be inserted into the corresponding ChunkData value in one of these files: %appdata%\Elgato\WaveLink\MixerConfiguration.json %appdata%\Elgato\WaveLink\AudioRoutingSettings.xml
• save the file (and perhaps reboot)

2. Noise gate

Filter all other noises (keyboard, mouse clicks, rustle, coughs, rumble, etc.).
Add the Real-time Noise Suppression Plugin (rnnoise_stereo.dll) and open its interface window.

• VAD Treshhold: here you set the general filter which is defined by the propability a signal is voice/speech. The lower you set this value, the higher is the chance, that non-speech is getting recorded. The default value of 0.60 (= 60 %) should be good.
• VAD Grace and Retroactive VAD Grace Period: adds a bit of tolerance time which can add some latency. You need to test this values according to your speaking behaviour (check, if your speech is cut on the beginning and end of your sentence(s)).

3. Low Cut

Filter all low bass frequencies which are not essential for the voice with a high-pass filter. I recommend setting this up at around 63-80 Hz.
Many microphones and interfaces provide one or even two high-pass filters at around 75-150 Hz on the hardware itself or within their software. If so, I recommend using the lower setting.

4. Compressor

This is used to reduce the dynamic of your speech (louder signals are softened and quieter signals are enhanced) and to distort the overall signal (e.g. to get the typical broadcasting sound). This should be set up after everything else but it is the fourth step within the vocal chain processing.
You can use the multiband compressor "ReaXCompX" (reaxcomp-standalone.dll) for this. This highly depends on your hardware and voice, but as starting point you could use the following values:
(Frequency, Threshold, Ratio, Gain, Knee, Attack, Release, RMS)

• 137, -20, 3:1, 1, 0, 3, 100, 5
• 1147, -18, 2:1, 0, 0, 3, 100, 5
• 6910, -25, 2:1, -2, 0, 3, 100, 5
• 24000, -25, 3:1, 1, 0, 3, 100, 5

5. Main Cut

The main cut is split into 4 sub regions:
5.1. Low and High Cut
Filter all low bass frequencies which are not essential for the voice with a high-pass filter. We already did this on step 3 but we need to do this again as the compressor on step 4 could lead to new low bass frequencies. Use the same setting as you did in step 3.
Filter all high frequencies which are not essential for the voice with a low-pass filter. I recommend setting this up at around 18,000 Hz with a default Q value.
5.2. Handling Room Modes
If you have an untreated room, you first need to find out on which frequencies problematic room modes could be created. The frequency range should be around 80-200 Hz.
To identify the modes, you can use the room mode calculator (https://amcoustics.com/tools/amroc), enter your room dimensions and look for spots where where several red lines are closer together. Then play a song on your monitors (do not use a headphone, of course) with bass frequencies (I recommend some electronic music), turn it a little louder and use a peaking filter with a lowemedium Q factor and a moderate gain (+3 to +9 dB). Now scan the problematic region with this peaking filter. When it rumbles, the chance is high you have found a room mode. Apply a notch filter on each of the rumbling frequencies with a gain reduction of -3 to -9 dB and a high Q factor (12.00 to 30.00).
5.3. Handling Nasal Honk and Sibilances
The nasal honk lies between 800 and 1,500 Hz, depending on your voice. You can reduce it by setting a peaking filter around 1,050 Hz with a gain reduction of -3 to -6 dB and either a low or high Q factor (0.5 to 12.00).
Sibilances (s, ch, ts sounds) can be harsh and annoying, depending on your voice and hardware. You can find them by using a test record with many sibilances and using a peaking filter with a moderate gain (+6 to +12 dB). The range you should look at is between 2,800 and 11,000 Hz. Apply a peaking filter with a gain reduction of -3 to -6 dB and a higher Q factor (12.00) to each of the problematic frequencies you found.
5.4. Vocal Enhancements
Until here, we only reduced problematic frequency ranges but now we want to enhance those where our voice shines with moderate settings (+1 to +3 dB and a low Q factor):

• Increase vocal bass with a low shelf filter around 100 to 150 Hz.
• Boost the vocal core for more clarity with a peaking filter between 1,000 and 2,000 Hz.
• Add presence with a peaking filter between 4,000 and 5,500 Hz.
• Brighten the vocals for air & sparkle with a high shelf filter around 8,000 to 12,000 Hz.

Then we should apply a negative pre amp that decreases the volume with the amount we have increased it via all enhancements. The pre amp should be put before the enhancements are made. This is done for two reasons: to not change the overall volume via our main cut and to not overdrive the audio signal. By the way, this should be done on each step, if necessary and therefore most plugins provide an additional gain setting which should be used to adjust the output volume to the input level.

6. De-Esser

While we already detected and slightly reduced the problematic sibilance frequencies and we can also handle them via a so-called "De-Esser" by which we additionally compress those frequencies.
Therefore we can use TDR Nova (TDR Nova.dll). The general settings could be as follows:

• Quality: Precise+
• HP: 40 Hz, 24 dB/oct
• LP: 22000 Hz, 24 dB/oct
• EQ Gain: ON
• Dry Mix: 0 %
• Out Gain: 3.0 dB

Then we can use up to 3 or 4 frequency bands to handle each sibilance frequency for which we use those settings:

• Q: 6
• Gain: -3 dB
• Treshold: -4.5 to -6 dB
• Ratio: 2:1
• Attack: 5 ms
• Release: 150 ms

Additionally we can handle plosives by applying the following frequency band:

• Q: 0.5
• Frequency: 160 Hz
• Gain: 0 dB
• Treshold: -3 dB
• Ratio: 2:1
• Attack: 5 ms
• Release: 200 ms

7. Gate

This gate is used to cut all low noises while speaking (e.g. breathing).
We can use ReaGate (reagate-standalone.dll) with the following settings for this:

• ReaGate: -40 to -30 dB
• Pre-open: 0 ms
• Attack: 3 ms
• Hold: 1 ms
• Release: 100 ms
• Hysteresis: 0 dB

8. Limiter

The audio signal is capped at a maximum loudness level. This is used to prevent the recording from clipping and your viewers/listeners ears from bleeding.
Some microphones and interfaces provide an internal limiter setting. As those are not often reliable, I recommend to additionally set an own limiter.
You can use George Yohng's W1 Limiter (George Yohng's W1 Limiter x64.dll) with these settings for this:

• Treshold: -6.0 dB
• Release: 250 ms
• Adaptive Release: active
• Ceiling: -4.5

Thats it. Have fun and good luck by setting up your vocal chain.

The young boy is crying, throwing a tantrum in the parking garage of the upscale hotel where I'm living. He's in the care of his waning patient mother. The boy is inconsolable. He knows with the pure instinct of preconsciousness that something isn't right.
Something just isn't right with the world. It's a schism of the mind, a strange world of self aware conscious animals. There's so many impositions, the meager child can't tolerate it, hasn't learned to tolerate it. God forbid the impositions of this world ever becomes second nature. But little does he know that this is the purest and most steadfast his mind will ever be. Pure rejection of contrivances.
He hates daycare everytime his mom drops him off at this commercial establishment. It is the embodiment of everything wrong in a child's world. Mostly all indoors. The toys are decrepit and all wrong. There's not even any Legos. Its if we were cattle, and not kids. There's no escape.
It's early in the morning and life is an absolute fog. But the kid warms up, conforms to the system, instinctively knows there's no choice. You have to make the best of an artificial situation. And so begins the endless rollercoaster of existential dread and acceptance. Bargaining with the intangible collective forces.
Yet the mother also faces such unimaginable difficulties, the savage burden of a life. A life burgeoning beyond layers, tearing at the sheets, one after the other, after the other, to see what's on the other side, but more and more white sheets, each discarded one bloodied and unmendable. And at the end is of course oblivion.
I was once that boy. But how we learn to cry on the inside, still inconsolable. Yet we still do laugh at the strange ironies. That comes from inside us, not externally. The smile, at that new coat of paint on the brick wall. It's something. But how do we smash through it? The thought of that makes me smile, as a child.

Yes the trip will include fun activities but it’s also a professional meet up with companies looking for internships trip. 1.) Im worried about the long bus ride (about 4 hr) 2.) I’m worried about forgetting to take meds because I will most likely be excited and easily distracted early in the morning for sure (sometimes I forget in my normal day even though I set alarms). We are supposed to be in charge of keeping up with our own meds. Also we will be sharing a hotel room with a partner for two nights.
It was brought up about using my school accomidations…..but as I have never used them for traveling with the school I’m not sure what to ask for
1.)Can anyone help me BRAINSTORM SOME ACCOMIDATIONS I MAY NEED WHILE TRAVELING WITH MY SCHOOL GROUP. ( off the bat I mentioned to them my own seat for when meds wear off and sensory processing issues that could occur) I HAVE COMBINED TYPE ADHD.
2.) Should I keep my adhd meds with me or should I try to get them to figure a way to hold on to them for me even though they said we had to keep up our own meds. ( I’m just worried I will not be able to keep my meds out like I do at home so that’s what started this in the first place. I’ve had a roommate on a band trip take some of my pills before because they were out so that I remembered them) HOPE THIS WAS ENOUGH DETAILS FOR YOU ALL TO HELP ME OUT……young adult doing this on my own…..so I could really use some parental advice and support on this matter THANKS!

Traveling in May (5-13) with my wife and 21 month old daughter.
Looking for any advice for things to do, eat, drink, etc. Driving feedback/advice appreciated too.
Itinerary (AirBnBs, hotels, rental car, trains, planes booked)
5pm Friday-11am Saturday staying near Heuston station for train trip Saturday Morning.
1pm Saturday-midday Tuesday in Limerick (will have a rental car Saturday-Friday). Staying at the Kerrygold Dairy Farm.
Tuesday to Friday morning Killarney
4pm Friday to noon Saturday Dublin staying in Temple Bar.
Thanks in advance for anything/everything! Sláinte!
Some backstory:
My wife and I visited Ireland for our honeymoon in 2015. Our itinerary then was: Dublin for 2 days (checked off most of the Dublin Pass locations) and Cork (sin é and white rabbit are fondly remembered) for 2 days with bus tour day trips to Belfast from Dublin and Cliffs of Moher from Cork back in 2015 for our honeymoon. Missed the ring of Kerry mostly.

Death Knight: Rainbow DK
https://hearthstone.blizzard.com/deckbuilder?deckcode=AAECAfHhBArNpQWJ5gT8%2BQWgmQWgmQXLpQWhqgXw4wSs0QWYxAUKsvcE3YIFs%2FcE%2BPkFzMQFvvcEkpMF0e0EopkFnqoFAA%3D%3D
Overview: Of all my lists, this is my favorite, but also the most subject to change. Paparazzi intrigues me as the potential to discover Marrowgar is insane, and most Death Knight Legendaries are good effects for an attrition deck. That being said there are a lot of neutral legendaries which don't help our deck at all - so maybe vulpera scoundrel is the way to go. But what about School Teacher? Surprisingly, only 4/20 of the 3 or less spells spend corpses - vampiric blood, blood tap, defrost, and shadowforging - vs. 8/30 of the total death knight spells, meaning our odds of hitting a good payoff like Army of the Dead or Corpse Explosion go up drastically with scoundrel vs. School Teacher. Not to mention Vulpera gives us a 4th option. Regardless, We already have a decent amount of corpse spenders as well as Fizzle to try and maximize the impact of Climactic Necrotic Explosion and hopefully turn it into a Denathrius-like effect.
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Demon Hunter: Outcast Rush DH
https://hearthstone.blizzard.com/deckbuilder?deckcode=AAEBAea5AwSU1ATn9QX0yAXaxgMNiJIF9MMF%2Bb8Ej5IFpMMFxuIEpeIEjaUF8MMF6%2FUFlJIF8%2BMDi9UDAA%3D%3D
Overview: Finally, Vengeful Spirit rotates (along with 4 mana Kurtrus and Chaos Leech). Looks a bit reminiscent of whirlkick rogue with your big payoffs being a 0 mana 5/5 with rush - not to mention an arcane intellect that tutors with mana cheat and a better version of magnifying glaive. Also Pozzik is probably going to be a staple in any board-based tempo deck as it is comparable to loatheb when playing with a board as it denies your opponent from playing any minion that Pozzik could trade into and denies any removal on Pozzik himself if the opponent wants to deal with the rest of your board. Look out for this guy - he'll be in a lot of these lists since I'm biased towards aggro.
Druid: Tony Jailer Druid
https://hearthstone.blizzard.com/deckbuilder?deckcode=AAEBAZICCKbvBL6YBb7wBM3QBeKkBeWwBPzfBZbUBAuuwATW3gTuowWp4AWunwTB3wT93wXanwSR4AWJnwSJ4AMA
Overview: a 5 mana tutor your win con and reduce its cost by 1? Yes please. Summer Flower Child is an insanely strong card for a combo deck so it makes this list work. Anub'arak+Kael'thas+Jailer = Potential turn 7 21/24 with immune - not to mention only anub'rekan needs the discount for the combo to come online early as long as all the cards are in hand. Tony is an obvious inclusion and a part of the combo people have really been excited (or scared) about. Not sure if renathal is staying so I didn't do a 40 list but with all the tutors and draw and the strong coreset for control neutrals I could see that being the way this deck wants to go.
Hunter: Face Hunter
https://hearthstone.blizzard.com/deckbuilder?deckcode=AAEBAR8EhskE9MgFh7ADp5AFDZ2wBOT1BcHjBKqkBejKBdL4BczkBMDTBNDkBMOABIiyBIvVA6mfBAA%3D
Overview: Look who it is - I told you he would pop up again. With all the buffs and early minions, Hunter looks to develop a strong early game board with must-kill threats and protect them with buffs, monkeys, and wildseeds - and eventually capitalize off the initiative with Pozzik. K9-o-tron gets significantly weaker without trogg and peasant so I decided to cut it despite being a good aggro card, but Hunter more than makes up for it with Arrow Smith. While I think it's worse than unnerfed Kolkar Pack Runner, it's still comparable to a nerfed card so I think it's strong. Ancient Krakenbane and Dragonbane (may cut after playtesting) add some nice top end burn along with wildseeds to make sure board isn't lost early. Look out for the smorc!
Mage: Spooky Lightshow Mage
https://hearthstone.blizzard.com/deckbuilder?deckcode=AAEBAf0EBqneBKOQBeWwBP3EBazRBejFBQzgwwXK3gSQlgWmwwWEkwXQ%2BAXquQSWtwTb3gT67ASW5AKS5AMA
Overview: Name could be better but it gets to the point. The new discover mechanics in mage work extremely well with both Lightshow and Deathborne. In essence the deck is trying to generate copies of Lightshow while having a win condition to fall back on if that doesn't work. Notably with rotation mage loses a lot of their spells meaning School Teacher and Vast Wisdom have a pretty good chance of discovering Lightshow. E.T.C. sideboard would be Kel'Thuzad, Zilliax, and Polymorph: Jellyfish as a way to deal with a variety of matchups (Jellyfish serves as a 2 for 1 card with the ability to be big removal or spell damage). Also Rommath is a massive value card that could potentially otk with enough copies of Lightshow or even Deathborne if your opponent has enough minions to kill. I don't think Infinitize the Maxitude is good enough but I didn't study the pool too heavily so maybe it's consistent enough to run or take a spot in E.T.C.'s board. Also Fizzle is a dream card in this deck as it is a draw resource late game as well as a way to generate extra copies of your win cons.
Paladin: Pure Paladin (Yawn)
https://hearthstone.blizzard.com/deckbuilder?deckcode=AAEBAZ8FBISWBYWlBbuXBYbiBA3JoAS%2F4gSBlgXy7QTA4gTGxAW6xwXKxAXi0wTKwQPM4gSDlgXBxAUA
The Paladin Core Set is strong, but only hand of adal makes the cut in this list. Maybe a control-styled deck would be more interested in the new cards, but pure paladin wants to find order in the court before turn 5 to get a turn 6 Countess. Boogie Down isn't amazing, but it's drawing two cards for us and playing them immediately making the card good for our goal. With all the divine shield support and rotation of many key paladin cards, Buffet Bigum returns to the list as a nice way of setting up Funkfin or Jitterbug. Not my favorite deck to play, but it nonetheless gets some fun toys to play with (ahem, turn 1 Sanguine Soldier into turn 2 spotlight).
Priest: Undead Shadow Priest
https://hearthstone.blizzard.com/deckbuilder?deckcode=AAEBAa0GBPmWBbv3A9ukBfTIBQ3dpAWkkQWJkwWGgwWGkwWh6APqlAXukQXU8QTOzAKL1QO5xAWjtgQA
Overview: I get it, you could find this list by going onto HS Replay minus a few cards. That being said very little of the deck rotates and the only really impactful rotation is voidtouched attendant. Shadowcloth Needle gets replaced by Idol's adoration and Najak gets replaced by... you guessed it, Pozzik. I'm currently learning Svalna priest and I think there is a control priest deck possible, but 1) I don't know the deck well enough to build that list and 2) Xyrella and Radiant leave standard meaning over half of the minions in the deck are no longer available to use. I'm hopeful for control priest, but I know shadow priest will be good. Sidenote: Shadow Ascendant comes back in the core set and seems like an obvious replacement for the slower Mind Eater. Could also see egg get played .
Rogue: Tempo Secret Rogue
https://hearthstone.blizzard.com/deckbuilder?deckcode=AAEBAaIHCMygBe7DBeKkBd3aBP3EBfTBBd3aBN%2FDBQv3nwT2nwTBoQW3swT13QTD4wTc2gT37QTQ4wKL1QPMwwUA
Overview:In a complete opposite direction, I try to build a semi-new rogue deck. Without Mailbox dancer I just don't see Miracle Rogue getting it done. Instead combo rogue looks interesting using the secret package as an efficient way of disrupting the opponent with ghastly gravedigger, fitting in an efficient combo card in private eye, and potentially generating extra copies of high value cards with cheat death making its return. E.T.C. sideboard should be M.C. Blingtron, Shadowjeweler Hanaar, and a second breakdance. Remember that E.T.C. will likely get more than 1 of these cards generated with all the bounce effects the deck has access to and these 3 provide a good balance of value, tempo, and lethality. While I didn't include him, Pozzik intrigues me in rogue as he could potentially break the game if his deathrattle summons all the bots in the opponent's hand, making him a prime shadowstep target to follow up with Shattershambler
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Shaman: Overload Shaman
https://hearthstone.blizzard.com/deckbuilder?deckcode=AAEBAaoIBrLRBcjQBfSgBZnbBKXRBZnbBAydxQWF%2BgONugT6nwSv0QWGoQW8tgTpowXgtQTSE%2FbwAsbOBAA%3D
Overview: Pretty simple. Use your tutor to draw Inzah (or school teacher) and play good stats for the cost. Jazz Bass allows you to cheat out an early JIVE INSECT or Pack the House, and Azsharan scroll is a two of since it's a 2/3 chance to get a good card (the fire spells are JIVE, Scalding Geiser, and Blazing Transformation, meaning the card has a 66% of either being 1 mana discover Jive Insect or 2 mana deal 2 add 3 spells to your hand, in which the Sunken Scroll then has a 33% of giving JIVE INSECT as the fire spell.
Warlock: Disruption Warlock
https://hearthstone.blizzard.com/deckbuilder?deckcode=AAEBAf0GBt%2FCBfnGBcWlBc6SBfXHBKzRBQzAkgW07QTFpAWlkgWFkwX4lgWOkgWbzQPfxALnywLnoASxnwQA
Overview: Self explanatory. Use Plaguespreaders, Dirty Rat, and Rin to disrupt your opponent as much as possible and hope to win the fatigue game with Symphony of Sins or Baron (or both but Rin makes it a question mark). Tour Guide is back and he's warlock's best buddy along with defile. Unfortuantely there aren't any great spell damage minions to use with defile as Thalnos is an undead and Silvermoon arcanist is a 3 mana tax for 1 singular spell damage proc. Nevertheless this is how to piss off your opponent. Also Fizzle makes for a nice insurance policy on one of your wincons.
Warrior: Control Rock Warrior
https://hearthstone.blizzard.com/deckbuilder?deckcode=AAEBAQcIr8MFtsQF5bAE98EFl%2B8E98EFnO8EoIADEPDNBYmgBO%2FOBPiABPPOBPDbBIy3BLizBKOlBbDHBI7UBIigBJC3BLi5A577AprvBAA%3D
Overview: Black Rock n' Roll is the only hope warrior got, so I doubled down and build a deck around the effect. Conqueror's Banner is an efficient draw tool which unfortunately never had time to shine due to Control Warrior's abysmal winrate, so I build my deck pretty heavily. Unfortunately warrior could still have an abysmal winrate but I think this is their best shot since enrage warrior loses a few too many pieces (Specifically both Rokara's and Whirling Combatant) for my liking. Deck definitely could use some tweaking but Bladestorm and dynomatic make nice additions to the deck along with Zilliax and One Amalgam Band. Could also see a more combo-oriented route using Jailer + Tony with Tony + Fires as a backup win condition but there isn't quite enough draw to make that work (since the deck is cheaper conquerors banner gets a lot worse).
If you made it to the end thanks for reading and leave your thoughts in the comments! I'm a legend-ish player (peak was Rise of Shadows to Darkmoon - top 100) who plays more for fun now but still likes grinding to legend. I'm not a prophet but I see some interesting decks in the horizon, and I definitely think a few of these newer archtypes are going to see play.

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I may not know who you are, but whoever you are in Niantic that approved this, you’re an actual goober. Raising raid pass prices was idiotic.
Here’s free ways to make the game better and not piss off everyone so you can claw back some consumer goodwill after you shamefully pull back this stupid nonsense.

1. Have the breakthrough have a 10% chance at being a high tier legendary from the last year of raiding, and have it have a 30% chance at being a pseudo legendary. Don’t clutter the pool with useless garbage.
2. Don’t introduce primal reversion and force players to get 300 useless currency within a limited window so they can slowly grind out the primal BS over time, nobody likes FOMO.
3. Run player polls for the community day, maybe integrate the community somehow, what a revolutionary idea.
4. Let Pokémon in gyms earn coins if they’re in the same gym for more than one day. If my Charizard gets stuck somewhere for a month I’d like to be compensated for that.

This isn’t a difficult thing to work out, how exactly are you guys screwing up this badly?

Yes the trip will include fun activities but it’s also a professional meet up with companies looking for internships trip. 1.) Im worried about the long bus ride (about 4 hr) 2.) I’m worried about forgetting to take meds because I will most likely be excited and easily distracted early in the morning for sure (sometimes I forget in my normal day even though I set alarms). We are supposed to be in charge of keeping up with our own meds. Also we will be sharing a hotel room with a partner for two nights.
It was brought up about using my school accomidations…..but as I have never used them for traveling with the school I’m not sure what to ask for
1.)Can anyone help me BRAINSTORM SOME ACCOMIDATIONS I MAY NEED WHILE TRAVELING WITH MY SCHOOL GROUP. ( off the bat I mentioned to them my own seat for when meds wear off and sensory processing issues that could occur) I HAVE COMBINED TYPE ADHD.
2.) Should I keep my adhd meds with me or should I try to get them to figure a way to hold on to them for me even though they said we had to keep up our own meds. ( I’m just worried I will not be able to keep my meds out like I do at home so that’s what started this in the first place. I’ve had a roommate on a band trip take some of my pills before because they were out so that I remembered them) HOPE THIS WAS ENOUGH DETAILS FOR YOU ALL TO HELP ME OUT……young adult doing this on my own…..so I could really use some parental advice and support on this matter THANKS!

Throwaway for obvious reasons. (M18) Before you think anything, I should maybe add a bit of backstory. From a young age, starting maybe around 1st or 2nd grade, I was bullied a lot. A good amount of the bullying was because of my weight, as I've been a pretty big guy for years. So, as a result, I struggled with my self-esteem. A lot. I moved from my hometown about 6 years ago, possibly offering a new fresh start. Maybe people wouldn't bully me as much, you know. That's not the reason why my family and I moved, but it gave me a slight spark of hope. That was a bit short-lived. I didn't fit in at my new school, at all. I honestly have never really fit in anywhere. Which didn't make sense to me ever because I've been told all my life that I had a great personality, and this and that and yaddyaddyadda. I never believed it for a second because of that low self-esteem. Settling into our move was very difficult as well which certainly did not help. At some point, I kind of was struggling with suicidal ideation but I never said anything. Until one day. I don't remember the exact context because it never became relevant, but I think I got grounded for arguing with one of my siblings, and so that set me off. I wanted to kill myself. I have no idea why, but I told my parents at the dinner table. Which led to a series of events ultimately ending up with my dad being arrested, DCS (Department of Children's Services) ended up getting involved, I got checked for a broken skull (had a hand-shaped bruise on my head going into the next school day), and a bunch more stuff I never should have had to deal with. I'll spare you the rest of the details and leave you to fill in the blanks. From that point on, I would have episode after episode, getting worse and worse every time, regarding my mental state. Maybe every 3 to 6 weeks I would have one. After that first episode, I was in therapy more or less prescribed by my state. Let me tell you, if you're ever in a situation where you have state provided therapy, I feel sorry for you. It absolutely sucks. Big time. They basically ended up telling me that I had problems, not regarding depression, but that I was a judgmental, selfish, egotistical teen. Which, I know myself pretty well, and I'm none of those things. So, that didn't help me very much. Soon after, given me running away from home and all these other events, I eventually ended up in a mental hospital. That may have been one of the worst experiences of my life. I had already gone through some Biblical counseling through my church and other agencies, but none of that helped. The mental hospital certainly did not help either. Those things are more or less only there for the purpose of keeping you safe while they figure out how much and how many of each medication to put you on. They used group punishment to keep us quiet, the food was horrible, I couldn't sleep, I broke the shower and had no way to fix it, it just. SUCKED. I mean, obviously it's not meant to be a five-star hotel. But surely you're not supposed to leave there feeling more suicidal than you were coming in, right? Well, that's what happened. Fast forward to today. Since then, I haven't had any major episodes or anything. I almost had one when I nearly cost my entire education career for the sake of nicotine and weed. Thankfully the principal had pity on me and worked out a solution other than expelling me. I am forever grateful. But, that doesn't mean anything has changed. I knew that if I tried to kill myself, or do something, I'm not a very secretive person. I'm very bad at keeping stuff in. So, I just repressed my emotions the best I could. I had a new Christian counselor whom I was honest with but never really connected with much. Now, I just don't understand why nothing makes me feel any better. I don't enjoy anything I do but for like ten seconds while I'm doing it. And then that feeling is gone. Zapped out of my existence. I also have no motivation to do anything anymore, my sleep schedule is messed up, I constantly berate myself (not as much as I used to but it's still a common issue), and all this stress from school, work (until I got fired, twice, for stupid reasons I'll save for another day), and other places just won't go away. I've tried everything to make myself feel validated to where I don't want to kill myself: drugs, therapy, counseling, friends, video games, music, etc. None of it does anything for me, especially anymore. I have to keep acting happy because I don't want my parents to be suspicious of me. We usually have good communication but they're not much of a help when it comes to understanding me anymore. So, my question is this. If nothing is helping me, and I've tried what seems to be everything, why should I go on? What hope is there for me? Obviously if I'm asking these questions, I'll still be alive to read them. So, take this as you will. At this point it just seems that there's nothing that will help. And I always have a plan if I do decide to end this useless fight, a harmless one at that. But that doesn't mean I'll do it. So please, give me anything you've got. I'm desperate. Signed, a Redditor

I went on a date we played pool and fooled around and ended up hooking up I said I don’t do one night stands and he said he didn’t too but ofc may be lying. He’s been snapping me everyday saying hi and asking how I am doing. But his snap maps are on and he spends every day at a different house random. He’s in the navy and lives on base so just weird that he’s staying places lol I know I’m crazy for stalking it but u just am not sure if I should proceed for a second date or just a hook up. If he’s with a different girl every night then I get it but I just can’t tell. After we hooked up he was embarrassed cuz he came quick and didn’t reach out for a while I said hi first and every day since then reached out.

• How old are you? What's your gender? Give us a general description of yourself.
19M. University student studying computer science.
• Is there a medical diagnosis that may impact your mental stability somehow?
Nope.
• Describe your upbringing. Did it have any kind of religious or structured influence? How did you respond to it?
Probably more structured when I was younger. Encouraged by parents to do sports/study hard in school/go to church, but these things became more self-motivated as I grew older.
• What do you do as a job or as a career (if you have one)? Do you like it? Why or why not?
Programmer. I enjoy the alone time and the fulfillment that comes from turning a design/idea into reality with code.
• If you had to spend an entire weekend by yourself, how would you feel? Would you feel lonely or refreshed?
I do spend a lot of my weekends alone, as my weekdays are usually pretty social. There are times when I wish I were hanging out with someone, but it's mostly relaxing to spend the day alone (i.e. going for a run, podcast, etc.).
• What kinds of activities do you prefer? Do you like, and are you good at sports? Do you enjoy any other outdoor or indoor activities?
Love reading more than anything (getting lost in fictional settings, learning about other people's lives through memoirs, etc.). Played a lot of basketball (stopped because of how anxious the competitiveness made me) when I was younger but do more running/gym nowadays. I usually prefer indoor activities but outdoor is cool too.
• How curious are you? Do you have more ideas then you can execute? What are your curiosities about? What are your ideas about - is it environmental or conceptual, and can you please elaborate?
Tend to be a pretty curious person. I enjoy asking myself why I like the things I do (e.g. after books). I don't have that many ideas. I'm the kind of person who gets hooked onto one thing and obsesses over it.
• Would you enjoy taking on a leadership position? Do you think you would be good at it? What would your leadership style be?
I don't mind a leadership positions but I'd rather not be in it. I don't usually like being in the spotlight and having the responsibility that comes with leadership. I'll choose a more relaxed position when I can.
• Are you coordinated? Why do you feel as if you are or are not? Do you enjoy working with your hands in some form? Describe your activity?
I'd say so. Focus and diligence come pretty naturally to me, so I can usually produce something decent, even if it's something I'm not familiar with.
• Are you artistic? If yes, describe your art? If you are not particular artistic but can appreciate art please likewise describe what forums of art you enjoy. Please explain your answer.
Definitely not. The creativity it takes to turn an empty canvas into something personal/inspirational baffles and kinda scares me. I enjoy admiring the creativity of others (often in the form of books), but don't like the pressure I feel from having to be creative myself.
• What's your opinion about the past, present, and future? How do you deal with them?
The future stands out the most among the three. I often find myself planning for the future and thinking about what I want it to look like. I'll do things in the present that bring me towards that vision. Don't spend much time at all in the past.
• How do you act when others request your help to do something (anything)? If you would decide to help them, why would you do so?
I'll usually ask them what they need from me. As someone who doesn't really like to be told what to do and likes to have their feelings validated first, I'll usually approach help with this mindset.
• Do you need logical consistency in your life?
Not too sure what this means but my gut is telling me no.
• How important is efficiency and productivity to you?
Pretty important. I like to get everything done as early/quick as possible so I can relax later on. Procrastinating is really unenjoyable for me.
• Do you control others, even if indirectly? How and why do you do that?
Not really. I'm content with letting people make their own decisions. I tend towards supporting/observing the situations instead of offering my advice.
• What are your hobbies? Why do you like them?
Most of them have been said above I think. Reading, running, chess, gym, basketball, cooking.
• What is your learning style? What kind of learning environments do you struggle with most? Why do you like/struggle with these learning styles? Do you prefer classes involving memorization, logic, creativity, or your physical senses?
I learn well in things I'm curious about. During most of my university classes, I usually don't have trouble learning via lecture/video/notes/etc. because I tend to be fairly interested in the concepts I'm learning. I like to understanding why things happen, so no matter the original delivery of the lesson, I'll do my own research anyway to fully understand. Tend to prefer subjects that are more logical, but have a soft spot for English/language.
• How good are you at strategizing? Do you easily break up projects into manageable tasks? Or do you have a tendency to wing projects and improvise as you go?
Definitely prefer breaking up projects into smaller, more calculated tasks. Big planner.
• What are your aspirations in life, professionally and personally?
No particular professional aspirations. Care deeply about creating a small community for myself (e.g. family, friends, neighbourhood, etc.) that I feel connected to. Care a lot about shared experiences and helping each other.
• What are your fears? What makes you uncomfortable? What do you hate? Why?
Confrontation. It's hard for me to vulnerably express my needs in a situation where I'm demanding something from the other person.
Loud settings tend to overstimulate me. Have a naturally quiet voice and I think best in quieter places.
• What do the "highs" in your life look like?
Have made really good progress in just understanding myself better. Came out of teenage hood with a decent amount of baggage and maladaptive thought patterns, so have been working on these a lot.
• What do the "lows" in your life look like?
Am content with some relationships in my life (especially family), but wish it was easier for me to develop close relationships with friends. Have quite a lot of "surface-level" friends that I hang out with and talk with on a daily basis at school, but connecting meaningfully hasn't really happened.
• How attached are you to reality? Do you daydream often, or do you pay attention to what's around you? If you do daydream, are you aware of your surroundings while you do so?
I daydream a lot and can get really sucked into my head. Sometimes I think about recent events that have happened in reality and other times I make up stories. Not super aware of my surroundings when I do this.
• Imagine you are alone in a blank, empty room. There is nothing for you to do and no one to talk to. What do you think about?
Probably the people in my life honestly and how our relationship is like right now. Am I happy with them? Do I feel good when I'm around them. I'd probably think about recent interactions with them.
• How long do you take to make an important decision? And do you change your mind once you've made it?
Ohhhh a good while. I'll toss and turn for a long time, but I'll usually end up just going with whatever my gut initially told me.
• How long do you take to process your emotions? How important are emotions in your life?
Emotions are pretty darn important. I'm fairly in tune with how I'm feeling and usually know how to comfort myself if I'm feeling something I want to get out of. It's always been natural for me to look inwards and notice the sensations of my body.
• Do you ever catch yourself agreeing with others just to appease them and keep the conversation going? How often? Why?
Almost never. I don't feel a need to have to have agreed on the conversation topic by the end; I'm content with having expressed our opinions. In fact, when I sense that the other person is getting stubborn about their opinion, I'll usually try and get out ASAP.
• Do you break rules often? Do you think authority should be challenged, or that they know better? If you do break rules, why?
I like following the rules a lot. If a rule doesn't make sense to me and I know I probably won't get punished for it (e.g. walking down a closed hiking trail), I might break it but it won't sit well with me.

This shi boutta be so corny so excuse me for a few mins
I know nobody wants to hear how hyped I am for this deluxe / album, but let me just rant and do this shi real quick. Im boutta write a fuckin essay MLA included in this bitch.
Let me set the setting. A small New York town in 2021. Im just about to graduate 8th grade (shut the fuck up ight) and I’ve been listening to T since I’d say around Flower Boy, only cause I was too young to care about music during 2015 when Cherry Bomb came out. Anyways, I loved IGOR and played it to death during May 2019, and I remember I was in the corner of my room, I don’t know what I was doing but I was just sitting there. I got a notification for Lumberjack and was excited as I knew he was gonna drop something soon, I just wasn’t sure when. It was June 16th. He announced the album to be on the 25th, the day after I graduated. I was so hyped to see he was really back to rapping, even though I love everything about his instrumentation. I’m a producer myself, and at the time, I was trying to find my sound and what I was capable of making. Anyways, that week was hell waiting, calling the number, seeing the billboards. One of the coolest rollouts I’ve seen and been a part of.
It’s June 24th, I’m outside at my high school’s field waiting for my graduation to start. My friend comes up and asks if I heard any of the album. I told him I’ve been waiting but he told me about Wayne’s verse on HOT WIND BLOWS. (He used the lil VPN thing). I decided to listen just to one track and I was so hyped. I really don’t know when I listened to it all the way through the first time, but I remember every single day of that summer because of this album. Biking in the warm weather with my friends, stopping at the ice cream shop and getting a quick small scoop cone, biking to my friends house and going swimming until it’s so dark out we can’t see anything. I spent my whole summer with this album. I remember my cousins, aunt, and uncle were moving from Connecticut to New York, so for 6 weeks they used our house for the summer. They stayed in my room, while I stayed in the office room. I set up my PC and it was a tiny room but for 6 weeks it would be fine. I opened up FL Studio then thought about how cool it would be to have a collective and have a lot of people just have fun and make music as kids. I made a tiktok about it and soon enough, we had our own lil collective starting up. It didn’t get anywhere by the way, it was just a fun project for the summer. I could go on and on but what I’m trying to say here is that Call Me if You Get Lost is one of my favorite, if not my favorite album of all time. I know it’s a hot take for some people, but the memories I have associated with it alone make it my favorite. The vibe. the instruments he used, the pure joy of the album felt so much like how I was feeling. Not giving a fuck, biking every single day with my friends. “Meet at the baseball field” texts, and just getting on my bike and going. We didn’t know what we were gonna do for the day, but the pure joy of 5-6 friends doing whatever for a few months was one of the best feelings in the world, and Tyler really helped capture those memories and feelings. I remember being in the car with my cousins about to go to the pool and I turned out Hot Wind Blows, looked out the window. and just embraced everything. How happy I was. I had graduation money, friends, it was just the best feeling in the world.
I know this shit is super super corny and I know that some or even any of y’all can’t relate to this, but I just wanted to get me story out because I am so excited for this. I could go on and on. Im sure none of y’all read this all the way through, but if y’all did, thanks for reminiscing with me about what it felt to be a kid again.